Poet, dramatist, novelist, and musician Carl Hancock Rux recently released
a volume of poems, Pagan Operetta, and a spoken word/music CD
from Sony, entitled Rux Revue, which explores combinations of
poetry, soul, rock, hip-hop, jazz, and folk blues. Rux is a product of
Harlem, New York City's foster care system, and Columbia University --
while his work has ghetto roots and rhythms, it is informed by a careful
reading of the modern and contemporary masters.

Rux has performed in Europe, West Africa, Indonesia, and Scandinavia, working
with such artists as Vernon Reid, Toshi Reagon, and Nona Hendryx, as well as
The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, The Urban Bush Women, and Movin' Spirits Dance
Theater. He was recently featured on National Public Radio and in The Village
Voice, which named him one of "Eight Writers on the Verge of Impacting the Literary
Landscape," and selected by the New York Times Magazine as "One of Thirty Artists
Under the Age of Thirty Most Likely to Influence Culture Over the Next Thirty
Years."